looking for more power

[smith77]

i have just bought myself a fiat coupe 20vt.
im looking for a bit more BHP.
having never modified a car before i would like any advice possible
thanks.

[ol' dirty]

try the Fiat forum or fccuk.org
aparently, chipping them is reletively easy & gains of 20bhp are easy to come by.

ETA
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...
Alot of it was thrashed out here too.

Edited by ol' dirty on Friday 28th March 11:45

[SB - Nigel]

Get it fully and properly serviced - you'll be surprised what a different that'll make and you'll have to do this anyway before staged tuning or staged modding

Make sure the brakes are spot on, make sure the suspension and tyres are in very good condition

See how good a standard car can be so that you know how much extra power you need if it’s a lot then consider changing the car

With a lot of cars if you get a LOT more power from the engine you may also need uprated brakes, suspension, clutch, gearbox, axle, cooling, etc.

I often wonder whether with this type of question it’s a case of paper or rolling road figures rather than the driving experience

Sometimes no matter how much bhp you’ve got you could do with more but the vast majority of the time you can only use a fraction of the bhp you already have available

Edited by SB - Nigel on Friday 28th March 15:18

[v8ian]

Make sure it dosent need a timing belt service, I think Fiat book 21 hourd to do it, as I beleive its an engine out job

[paul26982]

listen to all of the above, once you start modding expect to get a few problems and expect to spend more money